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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Xbox 360
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88 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 73 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 126 Ratings

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  • Summary: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit players will experience the thrill of the chase and the rush of the escape as they play through full careers as both a cop and a racer – solo or connected. The blistering speeds, brutal busts and heart-stopping getaways are all connected via Need for Speed Autolog. This network not only connects friends for epic head-to head pursuits and races, but also enables players to compare performances and stats, thereby setting the stage for the ultimate in friendly competition.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 73
  3. Negative: 1 out of 73
  1. GamesRadar
    Dec 19, 2010
    100
    With so many modes and diverse rewards to uncover in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, it almost feels like 2.5 games in one package. Plus, the fact that the online component works so incredibly, and we still can't pick a favorite between playing as a cop or racer speaks volumes to the game's quality. Quite simply, there is no better, more accessible racing game out there.
  2. Gamekult
    Jan 18, 2011
    70
    A fast, fun, pretty and globally mastered game, even if we could regret a rather short content, and a solo career a bit too classic and repetitive.
  3. GameShark
    Dec 11, 2010
    25
    It's enough to make a fellow pine for the innocent days of yore, when Activision's Blur may have been a vehicle for Facebook nags, but at least it had the courtesy to include an actual game.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 53
  3. Negative: 16 out of 53
  1. xlegend-killerx
    10
    Well first off,the game DOESN'T beat Gran Turismo or Forza 3 but does give a comeback in years.. Hot Pursuit thumps and wrecks Shift in evry possible way.. The game has brought back the originality of the Need for Speed series and it really deserves recognition in every way necessary.. EA has crashed and burnt with this series but now they are croosing on the high way well done EA!!! It's an adrenaline rush from when you crash into an incoming car or use you speed boost to go to first!!!! If EA stuck with this who knows where they could of been right NOW!!!!… Expand
    • 9 of 18 users said yes
  2. DME
    5
    A "zero" is too low for this game. Sure, it's fun. But the combination of awful time-trials, a new Online-Pass money-making gimmick, absence of a story, and absence of splitscreen really brought this game down.… Expand
    • 3 of 6 users said yes
  3. SpartanEdge
    4
    I cant help feeling that this game has been really overated by the critics.. When i first heard about the game,I thought "Great! Need for Speed is going back to its roots.Its going to be like & play like Need for Speed 1 on the 3DO,Saturn & PS1 all those years ago,but with better graphics,Free Roaming & Online multiplayer"! How wrong i was.. I was really looking foreward to this game,but what i got,was burnout with licensed cars.. Its is waaaay too arcadey,Rubbish/Non-Exiistent handling physics,& over emphisis on drifting/powersliding!.. These are expensive,finely engineered cars in the game.they're supposed to be driven with precision around corners,& stick to the road.Not Slide around them sideways! A slower,more considered & realistic pace would've been welcome too,encouraging smooth,tactical races & chases.not everything blurring past & people crashing every 3 seconds!.. Theres one other MAJOR problem with the game.Its a Free Roaming game,with absolutely NO POINT to the free roaming! i was expecting to be able to chase,or be chased by Racers or cops,be it CPU ones,or other players.Nope,None of that! The game made the exact same mistake as the Abismal Need for Speed-Undercover.A free roaming game,with no need or purpose to free roam.great... It would've been nice,to at least be able to drive to the different events,like in Underground 1,2,Carbon & Most Wanted.But what do i know,I'm only a gamer.A paying customer.I never even dreamed i would before release,but i traded it in towards Test Drive Unlimited 2.A much more Complete package,… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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